Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013

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1 EUROPEAN PARLIAMT Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after /2211(INI) AMDMTS Draft report Salvador Garriga Polledo (PE v02-00) Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe (2010/2211(INI)) AM\ doc PE v02-00 United in diversity

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3 422 Jürgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas Subheading The right skills for tomorrow s workforce Employment creation, fighting poverty and social exclusion and the right skills for tomorrow s workforce 423 Jürgen Klute, Gabriele Zimmer, Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas Paragraph Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; 45. Points to the importance of promoting employment creation with quality in work, improved social security and social inclusion, enhancing existing and introducing new workers rights, promoting health and safety at work, better social risk management, the reconciliation of work and non-work life and adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes; insists that Member States should take effective measures to phase out precarious and atypical employment and should promote the concept of Good Work (such as the ILO programme Decent Work ) and working time reduction as a central pillar of employment strategies; notes that achievement of the early school leaving target requires on-going policy cooperation and coordination; stresses that the new focus on early childhood AM\ doc 3/115 PE v02-00

4 education and care should be strengthened as well as reinforcing ongoing efforts on the promotion and recognition of non-formal learning, as important measures for prevention of early school leaving, the promotion of the principle of inclusive education for all should be applied ensuring that people with disabilities and people from different minorities are included in the mainstream educational systems with adequate support; 424 Göran Färm, Ivailo Kalfin, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group Paragraph Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility, promotion of gender equality, lifelong learning programmes as well as measures aiming at adapting the labour market as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; highlights that achieving this target will require not only a reduction in unemployment but also many of the inactive persons, most of them women, to enter the labour market, stresses that one of the main objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy namely, to promote jobs and high-quality employment for all European citizens will be achieved only if the necessary investments are made in favour of a knowledge society, research and development, innovation, SMEs and green and new technologies are made now and not delayed any longer; PE v /115 AM\ doc

5 emphasises that the costs of the necessary transition to a low carbon society in the coming years should not be put on the ordinary families and working population of Europe and that the MFF should take into account the importance of promoting new green jobs as some of the old jobs disappear, as well as new training is required to prepare workers for the new low-carbon economy; 425 Miguel Portas Paragraph Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this makes an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the targets for reducing the school drop-out rate (10%) and expanding the number of university students; Or. pt 426 Helga Trüpel, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Elisabeth Schroedter, Isabelle Durant, Bas Eickhout Paragraph Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding and targeting education, mobility schemes for young people and lifelong AM\ doc 5/115 PE v02-00

6 an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against early school leaving and unemployment, to decent and green job creation, cultural diversity and social inclusion and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate for men and women; 427 Damien Abad Paragraph Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; whereas education remains Member States competence, strongly believes that the EU should do more to promote mobility for Young people as it will enhance, not only the skills of the European workforce, but also the capacity of Young Europeans to concretely seize the opportunities existing in Europe. 428 Richard Ashworth, Konrad Szymański Paragraph 45 PE v /115 AM\ doc

7 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding education, training, mobility projects and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; 429 Ilda Figueiredo, Eva-Britt Svensson Paragraph Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; 45. Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes and care services as this would make an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate for women and men; 430 Marta Andreasen Paragraph Points to the importance of adequately funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes as this would make 45. Points out that while it is hoped funding education, mobility and lifelong learning programmes contributes to the AM\ doc 7/115 PE v02-00

8 an important contribution to the fight against unemployment and towards reaching the Europe 2020 headline target of a 75 % employment rate; fight against unemployment there is no evidence that past funding has improved unemployment rates, on the contrary, questions therefore the added value of EU funding in this area; 431 Morten Løkkegaard Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Underlines the importance of enhancing business involvement in the Union s education and mobility programmes, since this will increase employability of young people and contribute to realising the flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy, in particular New skills for new jobs, Youth on the move and Innovation Union ; 432 Ilda Figueiredo, Eva-Britt Svensson Paragraph 45 b (new) 45b. Recognises that through the integration of gender perspectives the effectiveness of policies to achieve growth and employment can be enhanced as it is often the case that insufficient attention has been given to gender analysis which has meant that women s contributions PE v /115 AM\ doc

9 and concerns have not been adequately addressed; 433 Marta Andreasen Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; 434 Helga Trüpel, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Isabelle Durant, Bas Eickhout Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, women, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; advocates a more strategic application of the European Social Fund (ESF) by directing funds dedicated to the EU2020 priority smart growth to measures aimed at vocational training, AM\ doc 9/115 PE v02-00

10 mobility of young people, supporting active ageing, improving labour market access and re-integration, creating the right skills for a post-carbon resource and energy efficient society, combating unemployment, poverty, discrimination, loss of cultural diversity and social exclusion; 435 Göran Färm, Ivailo Kalfin, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, women, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people migrants and Roma; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving equality between women and men, labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion and all forms of discrimination affecting the most vulnerable groups; takes the view that this flagship initiative should take in due consideration the need for education and training in the emerging sectors, such as new information technologies, communication or green jobs ( energy efficiency and new sources of energy) 436 Jürgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst, Gabriele Zimmer, Miguel Portas PE v /115 AM\ doc

11 Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people, ethnic and religious minority people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) will have to cover a wider range of activities (new skills and jobs, education targets, poverty target etc.) than before and therefore will need increased resources; underlines that the ESF should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment and discrimination in access to, as well as progress in, employment, and more resources for fighting poverty and social exclusion; 437 Cornelis de Jong Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should be focused on decent work instead of flexicurity and allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that European cohesion policy should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; AM\ doc 11/115 PE v02-00

12 438 Evelyn Regner Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) must be considerably strengthened, in terms of its substance and financing, so that it has adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; Or. de 439 Jan Olbrycht Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; underlines the need to keep ESF within cohesion policy and the importance of improved coordination PE v /115 AM\ doc

13 between ESF and ERDF to promote an integrated approach and to enable the combination of place-based and peoplebased actions; 440 Carmen Romero López, Andres Perello Rodriguez, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed increasing productivity among the workforce and reducing absenteeism by improving healthy lifestyles and promoting mental health at the workplace as well as measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 441 Reimer Böge, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska on behalf of the EPP Group Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school AM\ doc 13/115 PE v02-00

14 leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) and youth-related programmes should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 442 Ilda Figueiredo, Eva-Britt Svensson Paragraph Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, and social exclusion; 46. Takes the view that the flagship initiative on new skills and jobs should allow wider focus on youth, early-school leavers, older people, women, disadvantaged and disabled people and migrants; emphasises that the European Social Fund (ESF) should provide adequate resources for measures aimed at improving labour market access, combating unemployment, discrimination and social exclusion; 443 Reimer Böge, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, José Manuel Fernandes on behalf of the EPP Group Paragraph 46 a (new) Youth policy PE v /115 AM\ doc

15 46a. Stresses that youth should represent a strong priority for the Union and that the youth dimension should be visible and reinforced in EU policies and programmes; believes that youth should be perceived as an EU cross-cutting theme, developing synergies between different policy areas relating to youth, education and mobility, facilitating and encouraging European mobility, education and skills development, empowerment, employment, as well as social inclusion of young people; welcomes the Youth on the Move flagship initiative as a cornerstone of the Europe 2020 Strategy; underlines in particular that the low cost per beneficiary, therefore high efficiency of youth-related programmes, combined with their European citizenship dimension prove they deserve a much stronger investment; 444 Ilda Figueiredo, Eva-Britt Svensson Paragraph 46 b (new) 46b. Notes that increasing women s employment rate is crucial to reaching the employment target of the 2020 Strategy and that therefore barriers to women s labour market participation must be fully addressed; emphasises that the European Social Fund should provide adequate resources to tackle gender inequalities in labour market and that European Regional Development Fund must provide adequate financing for care infrastructure for children, elderly, and other dependents. AM\ doc 15/115 PE v02-00

16 445 Carmen Romero López, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Andres Perello Rodriguez Paragraph 46 c (new) 46c. Health is seen as a driving force to create smart and inclusive growth, prevention of diseases and health promotion of age-related diseases are needed to ensure that Europe will have an active and healthy ageing population, health security planning is required to avoid or mitigate public health crisis, which will affect again the continuity of public and private services, ensuring that the economy of the EU will not endure the effects of the aftermath of a public health crisis, with an ageing population, the health work force will have an increasing role, ensuring a healthy workforce with less absenteeism contributes to Europe s productivity, as well, we have to consider encouraging better health for all workers and increase the labour capacity, bridging health inequalities to ensure better health for all and better access to health care systems will in turn improve citizens capacity to contribute to society and to reduce poverty and social exclusion; 446 Göran Färm, Ivailo Kalfin, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group Paragraph 46 d (new) PE v /115 AM\ doc

17 46d. Stresses, furthermore, that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) plays a complementary role in meeting these objectives, since its aim is to help workers who have lost their jobs as a result of globalisation or the economic crisis back into the labour market; believes, nonetheless, that the EGF differs from the ESF in the way in which it operates, the type of measures that it funds (i.e. personalised and specific measures) and its scope; considers, therefore, that the EGF should be made a permanent fund; Or. fr 447 Elisabeth Schroedter Paragraph 46 e (new) Social policy agenda, equality and combating poverty and social exclusion 46e. Points to the importance of funding activities aimed at promoting gender equality, anti-discrimination, social justice combating poverty and social exclusion to reach the Europe 2020 headline target of lifting 20 million people out of poverty and to counter the social impact of the crisis; emphasises that sufficient financing for activities of the European Platform against Poverty as well as civil society organizations delivering these activities must be provided, underlines that programmes supporting small civil society organisations delivering tailor -made solutions on the ground are crucial for AM\ doc 17/115 PE v02-00

18 promoting social inclusion, antidiscrimination and gender equality, 448 Franziska Katharina Brantner, Isabelle Durant, Bas Eickhout Paragraph 46 f (new) Social policy agenda, equality and combating poverty and social exclusion 46f. Points to the importance of funding activities aimed at promoting gender equality, anti-discrimination, social justice combating poverty and social exclusion to reach the Europe 2020 headline target of lifting 20 million people out of poverty and to counter the social impact of the crisis; emphasises that sufficient financing for activities of the European Platform against Poverty as well as civil society organizations delivering these activities must be provided; Underlines that programmes supporting small civil society organisations delivering tailor -made solutions on the ground are crucial for promoting social inclusion, antidiscrimination and gender equality; 449 Ilda Figueiredo, Eva-Britt Svensson Paragraph 46 g (new) PE v /115 AM\ doc

19 Social policy agenda, equality and combating poverty and social exclusion 46g. Points to the importance of funding activities aimed at promoting gender equality, anti-discrimination, social justice combating poverty and social exclusion to reach the Europe 2020 headline target of lifting more than 20 million people out of poverty and to counter the social impact of the crisis; emphasises that sufficient financing for activities of the European Platform against Poverty as well as civil society organizations delivering these activities must be provided 450 Göran Färm, Ivailo Kalfin, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group Subheading (new) Cohesion for growth and employment (N.B. If adopted, the corresponding chapter should be moved below paragraph 46) 451 Miguel Portas Paragraph 47 AM\ doc 19/115 PE v02-00

20 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; deleted 452 Marta Andreasen Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) has ceased to produce the effects it claims, such as helping poor farmers and ensuring good quality of food at low prices; asks for the CAP to be discontinued; 453 Cornelis de Jong Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural 47. Insists that the common agricultural PE v /115 AM\ doc

21 policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; policy (CAP) should be reformed and reduced; stresses that agriculture is not a regular market and that the first pillar of the reformed CAP only serves for small farmers, inter alia in their role as producers in the case of extreme market situations, and that second pillar green and blue services they provide should mainly be compensated by the Member States, underlines that part of the support for small farmers from the poorest countries comes from the Cohesion Fund and all agricultural innovation should be channelled through the new Innovation and Sustainability Fund; 454 Arlene McCarthy, Christel Schaldemose, Emine Bozkurt, Thijs Berman, Brian Simpson Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, stresses however the need for ambitious reform of the CAP in order for this to be achieved; the new CAP must also be in line with the radical change in the EU s internal as well as international context and with the emergence of new concerns and challenges; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; AM\ doc 21/115 PE v02-00

22 455 Anneli Jäätteenmäki Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; stresses that the administration of the CAP could be substantially simplified and the bureaucracy and administrative burdens affecting farmers should be significantly reduced; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; Or. fi 456 Gunnar Hökmark Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy, increasing the competitiveness of the agriculture sector while at the same time transforming the sector into a knowledge driven sector, and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; PE v /115 AM\ doc

23 457 Bas Eickhout, José Bové Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should also be geared towards contributing to the achievement of the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP must make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 458 Lorenzo Fontana Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable and separate contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; Or. it AM\ doc 23/115 PE v02-00

24 459 Evelyn Regner Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP must be firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; Or. de 460 Konrad Szymański Paragraph Affirms that the common agricultural policy (CAP) should be geared towards contributing to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy and that both pillars of the CAP can make a valuable contribution to it, in a complementary way; emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks; 47. Emphasises that the CAP is firmly anchored in the Treaty of Lisbon, which defines its objectives and tasks, the achievement of which will have an impact on the success of the Europe 2020 strategy; Or. pl 461 Konrad Szymański PE v /115 AM\ doc

25 Paragraph 47 a (new) 47a. Stresses that farming is a special sector of the EU economy and that financial solidarity is one of the underlying principles of the CAP; Or. pl 462 Göran Färm, Ivailo Kalfin, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group Paragraph 47 b (new) 47b. Supports food autonomy of developing countries considers that the new CAP must be in line with the EU concept of policy coherence for development, the Union must no longer use export subsidies for agricultural products and must continue to coordinate efforts with the world s major agriculture producers to cut trade distortion subsidies; 463 Marit Paulsen Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural 48. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural AM\ doc 25/115 PE v02-00

26 markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation and mitigating climate change; Farmers need to be well paid for the delivery of climate and environmental services which go beyond basic legal requirements; 464 José Bové, Bas Eickhout Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the CAP primary role is to guarantee European Union food security while delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, preserving soils and water, preventing competition between food nature preservation and energy production, avoiding ecological and social dumping and combating climate change, rural depopulation and providing for employment and services of general interest in rural areas; 465 Arlene McCarthy, Christel Schaldemose, Emine Bozkurt, Thijs Berman, Brian Simpson Paragraph 48 PE v /115 AM\ doc

27 48. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods, especially in the field of environmental protection, such as maintaining farm land capable of production throughout Europe while shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, tackling climate change and in combating rural depopulation; 466 Reimer Böge, László Surján, Albert Deß on behalf of the EPP Group Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security for the EU citizens as well as global food supply in times of rising food prices and food shortages in the world by maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and combating rural depopulation whereby it contributes to the important EU objectives of competitiveness, employment, innovation and education; emphasises that CAP needs to retain its status; AM\ doc 27/115 PE v02-00

28 467 Anneli Jäätteenmäki Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union's food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union's food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; stresses in this connection that Natural Handicap Payments under the second pillar are to be maintained in areas with natural handicaps, which include peripheral areas, so that it remains possible to farm viably throughout the territory of the Union; Or. fi 468 Göran Färm, Ivailo Kalfin, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation, contributing to a more sustainable food production, reducing emissions, tackling climate PE v /115 AM\ doc

29 change and creating/supporting renewable sources of energy; 469 Jürgen Klute, Cornelia Ernst Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation, poverty and segregation, in particular by targeting most disadvantaged micro-regions; 470 Miguel Portas Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union's food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the reformed CAP must have a multifunctional role and deliver a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union's food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; AM\ doc 29/115 PE v02-00

30 Or. pt 471 Marta Andreasen Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Takes the view that justifying the continuation of the CAP by giving it a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation is not realistic; 472 Cornelis de Jong Paragraph Stresses that the CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; 48. Stresses that the reformed CAP has a multifunctional role in delivering a variety of public goods beyond agricultural markets, such as guaranteeing the Union s food security in maintaining farm land in production throughout Europe, shaping the diversity of landscapes, enhancing biodiversity and animal welfare, and in combating rural depopulation; PE v /115 AM\ doc

31 473 Marta Andreasen Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Takes the view that the CAP should be discontinued; 474 Pat the Cope Gallagher Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at an effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; AM\ doc 31/115 PE v02-00

32 475 Bastiaan Belder Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments as well as via introducing positive incentives like top-up payments rewarding farmers who deliver extra public goods expected by society or undertake efforts in the field of innovation, in order to ensure best return for public money; 476 Anne E. Jensen, Marit Paulsen Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, in line with the Europe 2020 strategy, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; considers that a reformed CAP should be geared towards regional competitiveness, innovation, productivity, resource efficiency and climate change mitigation; PE v /115 AM\ doc

33 477 Lorenzo Fontana Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by more targeted payments, in order to ensure best return for public money; Or. it 478 Czesław Adam Siekierski, Jan Olbrycht, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at objective, effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, regions and farmers by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; calls for a clean break to be made with the criteria used to date for allocating funding under AM\ doc 33/115 PE v02-00

34 the direct payments scheme; Or. pl 479 Reimer Böge, Albert Deß on behalf of the EPP Group Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; emphasises that this requires the maintenance of the two-pillar system of the CAP, while attention needs to be paid to the simplification of payment, control and sanction mechanisms; 480 Konrad Szymański Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fair and even distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods PE v /115 AM\ doc

35 society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; Or. pl 481 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Believes that farmers might be rewarded for the valuable public goods and services they provide in stewardship of the rural environment, and be provided with incentives to develop this role; Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 482 Göran Färm, Ivailo Kalfin, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial on behalf of the S&D Group Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a AM\ doc 35/115 PE v02-00

36 fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; fair distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 483 Cornelis de Jong, Jürgen Klute Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of a smaller CAP budget, by strengthening conditionality towards delivering the public goods expected by society and by more targeted payments in order to ensure best return for public money; 484 José Bové, Bas Eickhout Paragraph Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments by strengthening conditionality towards 49. Calls on the Commission to present proposals for a reformed CAP, which aim at a more effective and efficient allocation and use of the CAP budget, inter alia, via a fairer distribution of direct payments between Member States and between PE v /115 AM\ doc